CANADIAN SCIENCE POLICY CONFERENCE WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM 2 SCIENCE DIPLOMACY

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1 CANADIAN SCIENCE POLICY CONFERENCE WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM 2 SCIENCE DIPLOMACY

2 INSTITUTIONAL LINKAGES AND ACADEMIC / GOVERNMENT / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CANADIAN & INDIAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR (CANADA INDIA S&T MAPPING STUDY) AUTHORS RAVI SEETHAPATHY - IIT ALUMNI Co-CHAIR DR. DAVID JOHNSTON THEN PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Co-CHAIR PREPARED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

3 INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS Canada-India Science & Technology program Institutional agreements signed in Mumbai, during visit of Premier of Ontario, Hon. Dalton McGuinty to India, January 2007 York University & Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 2007 in Mumbai, India McMaster University and Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay, Kanpur and Madras 2007, 2008 in Mumbai, India. University of Toronto and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. Ryerson University and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2012 in Toronto, Canada Waterloo University and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 2007, 2012 in Mumbai, India and Waterloo, Canada

4 CANADA INDIA S&T ONTARIO DELEGATION & INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED MUMBAI

5 CANADA INDIA S&T PRESIDENTS OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES AT VICE CHANCELLORS CONCLAVE IIT-BOMBAY

6 CANADA INDIA S&T PRESIDENT OF U WATERLOO (Presently, Governor General of Canada with Director, IIT-Bombay in Mumbai

7 CANADA, USA, INDIA - S&T

8 S&T - CONFERENCES

9 CANADIAN DELEGATION AT IIT BOMBAY, JAN 2013

10 CANADIAN DELEGATION AT IIT BOMBAY, JAN 2013

11 INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS Also extend beyond the southern borders Managed from Canada College of Engineering Pune and Saint Bonaventure University, NY. USA Agreement signed in Delegation from COEP visited St. Bonaventure University Oct. 2013

12 CANADIAN DELEGATION AT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUNE, INDIA JAN 2013

13 CANADIAN DELEGATION IIT GANDHINAGAR, INDIA JAN 2013

14 SIGNING MOU AT IIT GANDHINAGAR CANADIAN INDUSTRY & ACADEMIA, JAN 2013

15 CANADIAN DELEGATION AT IIT MADRAS RESEARCH CENTER CHENNAI, JAN 2013

16 CANADIAN DELEGATION AT IIT MADRAS CHENNAI, JAN 2013

17 CUSP CENTRE FOR URBAN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS IN NEW YORK CITY A unique public-private research center that uses New York City as its laboratory and classroom to help cities around the world become more productive, livable, equitable, and resilient. CUSP observes, analyzes, and models cities to optimize outcomes, prototype new solutions, formalize new tools and processes, and develop new expertise/experts. These activities will make CUSP the world s leading authority in the emerging field of Urban Informatics.

18 CUSP CENTRE FOR URBAN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS IN NEW YORK CITY Academic institutions New York University Carnegie Mellon University The City University of New York Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay University of Toronto University of Warwick

19 CUSP CENTRE FOR URBAN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS IN NEW YORK CITY Industry partners IBM Microsoft Xerox Cisco Consolidated Edison Lutron National Grid Siemens AECOM, Arup, IDEO Agency partners Mayor s Office for Operations New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Department of Buildings (DOB) Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Department of City Planning (DCP) Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Department of Environmental Protection Department of Finance (DOF) Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT) Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) Department of Transportation (DOT) Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Police Department (NYPD) The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

20 POND DESHPANDE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK FOUNDERS GURURAJ DESH DESHPANDE IIT- MADRAS, UNB, QUEENS UNIVERSITY CANADA JAISHREE DESHPANDE GERRY POND ADVISORS RAJ MELVILLE IIT-BOMBAY, MIT, PITECH EDITOR

21 SELECTED EXAMPLES OF STRATEGIC INNOVATIVE NETWORKS SINE: SOCIETY FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - IIT BOMBAY. CAN WE NOT HAVE COSINE IN CANADA? FAN : FACULTY ALUMNI NETWORK Washington University in St. Louis, USA and Indian Institute of Technology(WUSTL-IITB) Corporate Alliance (Nov 2013) McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP), Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the U.S. (SERIIUS) SERIIUS is a $62 million venture jointly funded by the government of India, the U.S. Department of Energy and global corporations. Joint Executive MBA program between IIT Bombay and Washington University Technology Park near Mumbai

22 Challenges and a Path Forward Investment of high level IP (Intellectual Property) by committed S&T people IP ownership Project and program identification in specific areas: energy, healthcare, infrastructure Partner identification Funding and resource allocation Application of Technology Human resource development and its mobility between nations Search for innovative solutions Encouraging diaspora to enhance programs Create S&T jobs and R&D opportunities

23 THANK YOU Rabiz N. Foda P.Eng. FEC; MIET, SMIEEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PAN IIT USA INC. BOARD SENIOR EDITOR & EXECUTIVE MANAGER PiTECH PANIIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW MAGAZINE CHAIR ENGINEERING & HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IEEE TORONTO SECTION PRESIDENT, IIT BOMBAY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, CANADA CHAPTER INC. PAST PRESIDENT IIT ALUMNI CANADA INC.